Four-Year Pulp Survival in a Randomized Trial on Direct Pulp Capping
ConclusionsThe
low 4-year success rates reported here challenge the concept of direct
pulp capping in the cases that were included. NaOCl lavage did not only
increase the survival of affected pulps substantially, but particularly
diminished painful failures (33% in the NaOCl group versus 62% in the
saline group). The lack of predictive value of MMP-9 assessments beyond
early treatment failures points to inflammatory states of the pulp
tissue under deep caries, which are not related to neutrophil
infiltration.
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